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COLLABORATION EXPANDS OUR REACH
Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, professor of medicine, UCLA Division of Cardiology, co-author of “Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health,” with Dr. Mark Stetter, dean of the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the Zoobiquity Colorado conference on Oct. 5, 2018. (John Eisele/CSU photo)
The Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine strove in 2018 to carry out one of the core philosophies of founding benefactors Charlie Gates and family: Find the best people and move forward together, as Director Dennis R. Roop, Ph.D., frequently sums it up.
Insightful and promising collaborations abounded at the Gates Center in 2018, from a unique multi-campus exploration of how physiological similarities among humans and the animal world can foster medical advances; to national financial underwriting of ongoing Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) research; to commercialization teamwork pushing groundbreaking treatments to the cusp of human clinical trials.
HUMANS HELPING ANIMALS, AND VICE-VERSA
Truly opening minds and expanding the idea of the possible was the fall 2018 “Zoobiquity Colorado” conference, co- created by the Gates Center at CU Anschutz and Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and focused on regenerative medicine. The inter-campus event drew nearly 200 people from across the country, Ireland, and a large contingent from Japan. Physicians, veterinarians, human and animal researchers, graduate students and more participated in tours and symposia at the CSU campus followed by a next-day event at CU Anschutz capped with a panel discussion on the “The Future of Regenerative Medicine,” moderated by CBS News medical correspondent Max Gomez, PhD.
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